Chapter 1: Curse

I continue to run through the forest, not stopping for anything. Until I notice a strange creature, it mostly looked like a dragon but had several other features as well. "Hello. I take it you're the one who freed me?" It asked. "I don't know what you are or what you're talking about!" I shouted at it. "Now, now you've got a short temper don't you? My name is Discord." It said to me. "Discord? Sounds a lot like Chaos." I replied. "Yes, chaos is my specialty." Discord replied. "No not chaos… Chaos. The god of destruction. I kicked his butt into being good." I shouted at him. "You seem to be very chaotic yourself." Discord told me, placing his hand on my shoulder. I pushed his hand off and said "I know what you're going to ask and I don't work with villains like you!" I shouted, not realizing that I had attracted six ponies to my location.

"Come on. You don't really mean that do you?" Discord asked. "I do, I may not be from around here, but I know a villain when I see one." I replied. "You seem to look like a villain those claws, those teeth, those mean eyes, your long dark fur, do you see what I mean?" He asked. I looked at my claws, then at him. "No, I've learnt long ago that I am not a villain. I am a…" I started but was interrupted by Discord throwing some sort of dust in my face. "Well I hope you would like to stay that way." He said before disappearing, then to my horror I noticed that the sun had risen. I was still in my Werehog form. I heard bushes rustle so I got into a defensive stance, my claws ready to fight whoever was there. A yellow Pegasus slowly walked out, her eyes filled with wonder and fear. "Hello. M-m-my name is Fluttershy." She said to me. "I'm Sonic." I replied, she was startled by my ability to talk so she jumped back a bit.

"You don't have to worry I won't hurt you." I said to her. She started to come a little closer when I heard someone shout "Get away from her you monster!" A cyan colored Pegasus with a rainbow colored mane flew towards me. I quickly dodged her attack and shot out my arm grabbing her by the ankle. I sung my arm and slammed her into the ground. "Rainbow Dash!" I heard another voice shout. Four more ponies had come but they simply stared at me as I fought my attacker. She started flying again and charged at me, I stretched out my arms and grabbed onto a tree branch kicking her in the face. I let go landing in front of her as she sits on the grass. "Who are you!? Did HE send you!?" I ask angered. "What!? What are you talking about!? I just saw my friend here and I saw you! I thought she was in some kind of danger!" She shouted at me. "So you were protecting your friend?" I asked. "Of course!" She shouted at me.

I turn and start to walk away when I heard the yellow pony say "Wait. Please don't leave." I sigh before turning around and bitterly asking "What?" "I was wondering what… What are you…?" She asked me. I simply stared at her before starting to walk off again. "Hey! I believe she asked you a question." A purple colored unicorn shouted. "Well I don't have to answer it!" I shouted at her. "What's your problem?" A white unicorn asked. "You want to know my problem? I was trying to enjoy a nice day back home, but then I'm taken to this large city where I manage to get away from. Then the next thing I know is I'm approached by this strange creature that called itself Discord. When I said I wouldn't work with him he threw this dust in my face and now I'm stuck like this!" I shouted staring at the six.

"Well maybe we can help yah'? I mean we've done things like this before." An orange pony said. "Then I can throw you a party!" A pink one then shouted. "No thanks… I don't need anyone's help!" I say walking further into the forest. "Just listen, we've saved this place hundreds of times!" The purple one said chasing after me. "I've saved my home thousands of times." I replied. "I've never been able to do it without my friends! Have you?" She asked me. My mind was filled with memories, the first time I fought Egg Man, when he summoned Chaos, when he awoke Shadow, the time when he built the amusement park that turned out to be a trap, the time he turned me into… This…

Truth is my friends have helped me whether I knew it or not, so I stopped walking. "No… I haven't… My friends were always there by my side… If it makes you feel any better I'll let you help me… Ok?" I asked. She smiled and nodded before leading me back to the group. "Well he says we can help him. What's your name?" "Sonic. I'm Sonic the Hedgehog!" I said, taking my iconic pose, forgetting that I was a Werehog. "Well, I'm Twilight Sparkle, but you can call me Twilight." She said. "This is Applejack, this is Rainbow Dash, this is Pinkie Pie, and this is Rarity." Twilight said introducing me to her friends. I would have never thought that I would meet anyone like this. "So you're a… Hedgehog?" Rarity asked. "Yeah. Why? Is that hard to believe?" I ask. Pinkie ran forward and said "Well you do have these." Grabbing onto my hand showing my claws. "And the fur…" She said gently tugging on some of my fur. "Then there's these guys…" She finished making her teeth appear sharp. I felt my ears droop, I started to walk past them, leading them to try and catch up to me.

"Sonic! Wait!" Twilight shouts chasing after me. I stop and turn to face the group. "What is this place?" I ask seeing a small town. "This is Ponyville. You might want to try and stay hidden at least until I can figure out how to explain you to the town." Twilight explained. I nodded before I literally disappeared in the shadows. Twilight led me to the library where she let me sneak in. "SPIKE! WE HAVE A GUEST WHO WILL BE STAYING HERE FOR A WHILE!" She shouted. A small purple dragon walked downstairs, when he saw me he started screaming. I quickly shot my arm across the room and grabbed him, pulling the little guy to me. "Hey be quiet! I'm the guest!" I whispered. He calmed down so I let him go. As soon as his feet hit the ground he started screaming again. This time Twilight shushed him which actually kept him quiet. "Spike, this is Sonic. He's in a bit of a jam right now so we'll be letting him stay here until he gets everything sorted out." She said to him.

"Twilight…? Are you sure about this? Who knows who he could be? For all we know he's a wanted criminal!" Spike shouted. "You know I'm right here!" I shouted at him. "You seem a lot like a monster…" Spike said, causing me to lose my temper. "I'M A MONSTER! YOU'RE A DRAGON! I'VE FOUGHT A DRAGON BEFORE! I KICKED HIS SCALY BUTT INTO LETTING ME PAST HIM! HE HAD A HORN ON HIS NOSE MADE OUT OF PURE CRYSTAL! I CUT… IT… OFF…!" I shouted, before calming down. Spike looked at me in horror. "Why would you do that…?" He asked, I noticed I was also getting strange glares from Twilight. "Look let me explain the whole story… I was just minding my own business back home when I'm suddenly called to this place known as Camelot. I had to defeat King Arthur, using the sacred sword Caliburn. The only way to get Caliburn was to get past the mist dragon, who I had to defeat in battle…" I said explaining the story.

"Twilight…? Why did you say a crazy monster could stay here again?" Spike asked. I groaned in anger before I sat down. "Sonic… You can stay in the spare bedroom upstairs. If you'd like…" Twilight said to me. "I prefer to usually lie down in the grass, or in a tree… A bed would be heaven!" I shouted. "What?" Twilight asked. "Well, I'm usually traveling a lot so I can't really bring a bed around with me all the time can I?" I asked. "Well… I guess not…" Twilight responded. "Well night Twilight." I said, walking upstairs to the spare bedroom. I had to go in the door sideways considering it was too small for my large Werehog size. I lied down in the bed before drifting off in a deep sleep.

"Where am I?" I asked, noticing nothing but darkness around me, I realized I was in my normal form. "Is this… A dream…?" I asked myself. "Bwa, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" A familiar laugh echoed around me. I turned and faced him… Dr. Egg Man. "Egg Man!" I shouted. "Sonic… You… Fight… Win… Equestria… Mine… Give… Now…!" He had shouted with a cocky expression. I was confused I hadn't heard most of it, but I got the basic idea. "So, you're here to take over Equestria huh, Egg Head?" I asked. He nodded before I was grabbed and thrown from him by Discord. "Well. It seems you're in a bit of a jam huh?" Discord had asked before rain clouds formed above us. He pulled out an umbrella and a red substance started raining down on me. "Huh!? What is this stuff?" I had asked, getting a small amount on my finger and tasting it. "Jelly? Why would you…? Oh… Seriously? Bad pun dude!" I said before rushing at him. Well, I tried to rush at him, but the jelly around my feet had hardened into a stone, the jelly hardened as it covered my body, slowly. My legs were covered in the stone, then my chest, I was stone up to my neck… I saw Discord next to Egg Man, both were laughing… Until my vision faded from the stone covering my face.

I woke up covered in sweat, I heard Twilight speaking to someone. "He was fighting Discord, he said something about an evil version of himself. Named Shadow… You have to believe me! He wouldn't hurt anypony!" I walked downstairs and saw Twilight speaking to two alicorns. One was white with a green and pink mane, the other was blue with a mane of a darker shade of blue. "Twilight? Is everything all right?" I asked. "Sonic! How long have you been up?" She asked me. "I just woke up… I was having this crazy wicked nightmare." I replied. "Twilight allow me to finish speaking. We aren't here because we want to take Sonic into the dungeon. We are here because Luna saw his nightmare, she knew that once this… Egg… Man… Had said that he wanted to conquer Equestria, Sonic was a hero. We also captured this… Shadow…" The white one said. "So, I take it you two are in charge around here?" I asked. "Yes, I am Princess Celestia and this is my little sister Princess Luna." The white one explained.

"Well as you may already know… I'm Sonic! Sonic the hedgehog!" I said, once again taking my trademark pose. "Wait… You said you caught Shadow? I need to give him a piece of my mind!" I said, getting angry. "We can take you to see him if you would like. He seems to be in a similar state to you… only his is different." Luna said to me. "Well then let's get this show on the road!" I shouted as we started to head towards Canterlot.